Quality improvement initiatives for hospitalised small and sick newborns in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

Table 3 Subtype of intervention

Level	Strategy	Total	Citation
Micro	Distribution of referencing materials to providers	8 studies	[33, 38, 39, 41, 43,44,45,46]
	Decision support	2 studies	[39, 40]
	Care coordination	5 studies	[33, 39, 42, 46, 47]
Meso	Strengthening facility infrastructure	6 studies	[35, 42, 44, 50, 57, 58]
	Continuous quality improvement	7 studies	[34, 35, 41, 46, 51, 58, 59]
	Supervision	5 studies	[35, 39, 51, 55, 57]
	Feedback	6 studies	[34, 35, 39, 40, 51, 59]
	In-service training	20 studies	[34,35,36, 38,39,40,41,42, 44,45,46, 48, 50, 51, 53, 54, 56,57,58,59]
	Service organisation	9 studies	[35, 36, 39, 40, 44, 49, 50, 52, 59]
Macro	Regulation and governance	1 study	[59]
Macro	Task shifting	1 study	[60]

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